ADELAIDE RESULTS. Ajla Tomljanovic beats Putintseva in the 1st round of the Adelaide International

Ajla Tomljanovic dispatches Yulia Putintseva 7-6⁴ 6-2 in the 1^st round in Adelaide on Monday. Tomljanovic will have to play Simona Halep in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Putintseva started the set strong after breaking Tomljanovic in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Tomljanovic succeeded in coming back to break Putintseva in the 5^th (2-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.

2^nd set.

Putintseva got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Tomljanovic in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, Ajla found the way to come back to break Putintseva 4 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) gamein the 8^th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Tomljanovic scored 77 points vs. Yulia’s 62 points.

Ajla served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (27/36) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (18/36) on her second serve. The Croatian was effective when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9). On the other side, Putintseva was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Tomljanovic and Putintseva is 1-1.

Highlights Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Yulia Putintseva Adelaide International – Adelaide

Next Match H2H: Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Simona Halep – stats

Tomljanovic will come up against Halep in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 4^th time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Simona Halep fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Halep won 6-2 3-6 6-1 in the 1^st round in Paris back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Adelaide

• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Belinda BencicBencic – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Timea BabosBabos (7-5 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Arina RodionovaRodionova – Sloane StephensStephens (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-1) – See H2H details
• Julia GoergesGoerges – Priscilla HonHon (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kiki BertensBertens – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-3) – See H2H details
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Timea BabosBabos (0-0) – See H2H details
• Qiang WangWang – Angelique KerberKerber (0-0) – See H2H details
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (0-2) – See H2H details
• Bernarda PeraPera – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (1-1) – See H2H details
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (2-3) – See H2H details
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Simona HalepHalep (0-3) – See H2H details